Information about #686B65 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #686B65 is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with Desaturated and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 107, 101) — 40.8% red, 42% green, 39.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 2 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #686B65 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chicane (#686765). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Granite Gray (#676767) and Dim Gray (#696969).

The recipe behind #686B65 is rgb(104, 107, 101), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #686B65 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 5.4:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.9:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#686B65 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#686B65 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#686B65 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#535651

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#3E403C

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Black

#000000

#686B65 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#71736F

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#767774

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Grey

#808080

#686B65 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#6B6B65

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#6B6965

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#686B65 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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#69656C
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#6C656C
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#65656C
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#686B65
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#65696C
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#6C6569
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#656C69
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#69656C
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#6C6569
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#656C6C
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#69656C
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Nearest named colors to #686B65

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Chicane color link
Chicane

#686765

Granite Gray color link
Granite Gray

#676767

Dim Gray color link
Dim Gray

#696969

Traffic color link
Traffic

#6C6D68

Double Trojan color link
Double Trojan

#656664

Cloudy Gray color link
Cloudy Gray

#6D6968

Double Tapa color link
Double Tapa

#6A6A5F

Scorpion color link
Scorpion

#6A6466

Identity color link
Identity

#6E6767

Triple Stack color link
Triple Stack

#656660

Scarpa Flow color link
Scarpa Flow

#6B6A6C

Storm Dust color link
Storm Dust

#646463

#686B65 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#686B65
  • RGB104, 107, 101
  • CMYK1, 0, 2, 58
  • CSSrgb(104, 107, 101)
  • HSL90°, 3%, 41%
  • HSL Precise90°, 2.885%, 40.784%
  • HSV90°, 6%, 42%
  • HSB90°, 6%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.420, 0.396)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.420, 0.396, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.420, 0.396)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB39.6%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID686B65
  • DECIMAL ID6843237
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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